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Mountain West News Bureau
California just took a major step toward reshaping how electricity moves across the Western U.S. It’s a change that could transform the region’s power grid and boost clean energy.
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Daily Rundown
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Mountain West News Bureau
- Oct. 15: Housing in Nevada, school zone safety, and Vegas' book festival
- How and where to get this year's COVID vaccine
- Short film allows Las Vegas artist to express their Indigenous roots
- School accidents are on the increase
- For love and politics: Las Vegas Book Festival gives local readers what they want
- What to See Hear Do: October 15-21
- Out of Land? The role of federal public lands in the West's housing crisis.
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Mountain West News Bureau
The Trump Administration is using revenue from recreation fees to keep bathrooms clean and trash tidy at national parks during the shutdown. But parks are not charging fees at this time.
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Wyoming Public Media
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KNPR State of Nevada senior producer Mike Prevatt highlights arts and culture events for the week
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What's Happening in Las Vegas?
The Guide is a community-submitted cultural calendar which lists events of interest to the local Southern Nevada community. Here's the latest:
The Guide is a community-submitted cultural calendar which lists events of interest to the local Southern Nevada community. Here's the latest:
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Chocolates handcrafted by former Strip chefs make a thoughtful ‘I love you’
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FBI Director William Webster's controversial Nevada legacy: Operation Yobo stings, mob prosecutions, and the impeachment of Judge Harry Claiborne divided Las Vegas.
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How will this theater guy and his partners transform a struggling cinemaplex into a thriving arts incubator? Here's how, in a nutshell
How is Las Vegas' healthcare system really doing, and what does it mean for you and your family? Desert Companion's Health Issue takes a deep dive into these questions and explores how heart-centered business leaders prove that doing good benefits the bottom line.
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Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age. -
The federal government remains shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the shutdown is affecting services across the country. -
Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who's 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty. -
The phrase appeals more to several demographics that strongly align with Trump, says Republican strategist Frank Luntz, including older voters, for whom he suggests it signals "a more simple past." -
It wouldn't be spooky season without ghosts. But they weren't always the evil spirits we see in books and movies today. For Word of the Week, we look back on the origins of "ghost."
